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Deans Motor Lodge

At a glance

Deans Motor Lodge (PWSID ME0005854) is an active transient non-community water system in Aroostook County, Maine. It reports serving 175 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in March 2026.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

175

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDME0005854

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served175

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyME state drinking water program

City servedPortage Lake

StateMaine

ZIP—

CountyAroostook County

How does Deans Motor Lodge compare with other water systems in Aroostook County?

By EPA's size categories, Deans Motor Lodge is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Aroostook County has 123 active public water systems. Its population served is about half of the county average of 329 people per system, and accounts for 0.4% of the 40,518 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Maine, the 1,862 active systems average 503 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Deans Motor Lodge is about 22% above that figure.

What does “transient non-community water system” mean?

A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. Maine has 1,091 active transient non-community water systems, 59% of the state's 1,862 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 1,780 Maine systems (96%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Deans Motor Lodge?

EPA lists Deans Motor Lodge as privately owned. The ME state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 95 of the 123 active systems in Aroostook County (77%) are also privately owned.

Does Deans Motor Lodge have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in March 2026. The violations listed here began between September 2024 and March 2026. By type: 7 monitoring, 4 public notice, recordkeeping or other and 1 required treatment not met. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (8 of them). EPA lists 10 as resolved and 2 as archived. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2026-03-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2026-02-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2025-11-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2025-08-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2025-06-13	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2025-06-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2025-04-12	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2025-03-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2025-02-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2025-01-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2024-11-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2024-09-08	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique, Corrective/Expedited Actions (RTCR) · code 2C	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	Yes	Resolved

The 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.

Deans Motor Lodge: frequently asked questions

Who runs Deans Motor Lodge?

Deans Motor Lodge (PWSID ME0005854) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the ME state drinking water program.

How many people does Deans Motor Lodge serve?

Deans Motor Lodge reports serving 175 people through 1 service connection in Aroostook County, Maine.

Where does Deans Motor Lodge get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.

Does Deans Motor Lodge have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in March 2026. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.

Is Deans Motor Lodge's water safe to drink?

AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in March 2026. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the ME state drinking water program.

Where can I find Deans Motor Lodge's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Deans Motor Lodge is a transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.

Other water systems in Aroostook County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Presque Isle Utilities District	Aroostook	6,128	Community	Groundwater under influence of surface water
Houlton Water Company	Aroostook	4,735	Community	Groundwater
Caribou Utilities District	Aroostook	3,943	Community	Groundwater
Madawaska Water District	Aroostook	2,738	Community	Groundwater
Van Buren Water District	Aroostook	2,190	Community	Groundwater
Fort Fairfield Utilities District	Aroostook	2,025	Community	Surface water

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About this data

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: AquaCensus, “Deans Motor Lodge, PWSID ME0005854, Maine”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/maine/deans-motor-lodge-me0005854 (data as of October 1, 2026).